Triglyceride

Name:
Triglyceride
Detailed information:
Any naturally occurring ester of a normal acid (fatty acid) and glycerol. The chief constituents of fats and oils, they have the general formula: CH₂(OOCR₁)CH(OOCR₂)CH₂(OOCR₃), where R₁, R₂, and R₃ are usually of different chain length. Refining processes often yield commercial products in which the R chain lengths are the same.

Derivation:

Extraction from animal, vegetable, and marine matter.

Use:

Fatty acids and derivatives, manufacture of edible oils and fats, manufacture of monoglycerides.